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Bitcoin Daily: Travala Users Can Use Crypto Again To Pay For Expedia Bookings; S. African Ex-Crypto Agency Chief Allegedly Scammed Investors Of $13.4M

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Travala.com , the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to CoinDesk. The feature was shelved at that time, as Expedia’s systems weren’t set up to accept bitcoin payments.

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC ICO Enforcement Is On The Rise, Israeli Startups Raise $600M Through ICOs

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In other news, an industry report has revealed that Israeli startups have brought in more than $600 million in funding from ICOs in the first three quarters of 2018. And New Zealand private bank ASB has launched a shipment of meat from its home country to South Korea through the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

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80+ Companies Shaping The Blockchain Landscape

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Each of these companies raised funding since 2018 and has at least $40M in total funding. For example, US-based Digital Asset offers Daml — an application platform for organizations to build full-stack, distributed applications for distributed ledger technology (DLT), blockchain, or internal databases.

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Tech Giants Make Their Blockchain Bets For 2018

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The product, dubbed Mission Critical Distributed Ledger Technology , will provide companies with hardware so they can operate their own blockchain platforms through their own corporate partners. HPE said its distributed ledger technology (DLT) solution is faster and more secure than bitcoin or Ethereum blockchains.

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Freezes Crypto Firm?s Assets, Alleging It Stole $12M From Investors; Hong Kong: 39 Pct Of New FinTechs There Are Blockchain Firms; Coinbase Eyes Selling Blockchain Analytics To IRS, DEA

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The firms are operating using distributed ledger technology (DLT), which has been growing — in 2018, the number of firms using it sat at only 27 percent by comparison. In Hong Kong, 39 percent of new FinTech firms launched in the last year are now operating via blockchain, Cointelgraph reported.

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13 Orgs And Corporate Giants Testing Out Blockchains And Distributed Ledgers

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What is blockchain technology? We’ll provide the definitions and analogies you need to know for bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and more. Goldman Sachs is reportedly setting up a cryptocurrency trading desk in New York that will be running by the end of June 2018, if not earlier.

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Amazon, Walmart Announce New Blockchain Ventures

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According to news from Cointelegraph , venture capital funding for blockchain and blockchain-adjacent startups (which use technologies like bitcoin, Ethereum and other virtual currencies) this year is on track to exceed 2017 funding in this industry. To date, an estimated 130 deals have been inked in 2018, valuing about $400 million.